The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1887-04-01
w Washington.
tFrop our regular correspondent,

w AsHIN0Toky MnTcn IT'D, 1887.
Although the marble halls OF the
Capitol were deserted by our law.
fnakers week ago, many of them
still linger In Washington, and Will
continue here for months 10 come,
The northern Representatives are
loath 10 leave the mild climate Of The
Capitol Of this season Of the year, and
are always dlsposed 10 remain here,
Congress or no Congress, ''uniIl," %
one of them remarked, at tbaws out
at home.p
Tie air II still full Of extra session
talk. Democratic members OF Con-
gress and others who hayc means Of
knowIedRed on the subject, do not
now believe that The Flftieih Con
gross VIII be called together soon, but
that an extra session IL the early au-
tumn IL an evil that ought TO lie fac
ed.
The House OF Representatives that
was elected In November last, enter.
cd upon It's official existence en the
4ih Of this month, and it, member.
are now under pay. They are doing
no service and without organization
are incapable of doing any. II Is not
until they have assembled, elected a
speaker, and heen arranged In COM
mistees, that they can enter upon the
work Of Legislation. II Congress
does rot meet until the usual time in
December, In the light Of macy pre-
cedents little or nothing can be ex-
pecied of II until the beginning. oI
next year, for II Il well known that
no Congress has attempted TO do any
real work until after the holiday re-
cess.
An extra session Il always unpop-
ular and the President IL anxious, oi
course, t. avoid Il, bat In order thai
some of ths important Legislation TO
come up during the next year may
he rnatnred Ia time, II IL thought 70
be- the only alternative. Those whose
counsel Il frequently sought at the
White House nov say that the con
iemplaied extra session would begin
about the iirst Of October and run
along Into Tho regular session, and
that thu questions of revsnue and
taxation would receive attention firsl.
Another reason why it Ii deemed
expedIent 10 make tho Filtieih Con-
gross take advantage OF extra time IL
the fact that the next year will be de-
voted largely To President making.
Although 1t seems but yesterday slice
Mr.. Cleveland was lnaugurated, yet,
only fif.een months from now, will
the National Convention he held TO
nominate his successor. rhe two
great parties In Congress, when they
assemble after the holiday recess. will
be surcharged with politics, and every
novement that Is made at either end
OF the Capitol viii have more or les'
reference TO candidates and politics
aud the issues OF the ensuing cam
paign.
Between the friends VI the Admin
isiratiOn on the one hand, intent OF
maintaining Its credit and viudicat-
tIag i,s record, and the opponents o
tha Administration on tho other
eager to disparage 1t In the confidence
of the psople-hetween combination
here and combinations there In tbs
interest OF rival ssplrants--the Capi
tol will partake Tar more of the char
acter of an arena OF partisan contro
versy than OF serious and disinterest
ed labor for the welfare of the coun
try. Considering all this, the friend
of the Administration feel that IN
President would be entirely justi6e'
In promoting the chances of legisls
tion which the public interests de
mand by the call of an extra session
President Cleveland's care aud in
dnstrv In reading all bills, great an,
small, and examining them person
ally before sigaing his name to them
has been criticised as an uunecessar
assumption OF labor on the part of tn
Chief Executive. II Is quite certal
Mr. Cleveland has taken more pain
In this respect than any Of his pred'
csssors, aud Ii cannot be said tha
any ofhis assistants ever wrote HI
signature to enacted laws. This re
sponsibility he never delegated to
member OF his Cabinet even in tn
case OF unimportant bills
On the 4th Of March, 1855, whe
Mr.. Arthur and his Cabinet arrives
at the Capitol and entered the Presl
dents room where, on the tables, /
large piles lay the bills to which hl
signature was to be affixed, ono pc
for the President was not enough
Half A dozen more pens were calle'
for, the door was locked lthe inau
guration ceremonies we're then await
! inoA and In q remarkably .llorl spac!